Through publicist Dick Guttman, Pierce Brosnan has denied ever hearing of a plan for the star to take a role in the new Austin Powers movie Goldmember Showbiz Ireland has reported.

Guttman went on to say, “I don’t know where these stories come from. Pierce is in Ireland until Christmas then will be starting work on the new Bond so I don’t even know where he would get the time. His calendar is gone for the next year already.”

Looks like the rumour could have been a mutated form of the Austin Powers II news.